triploid
IPA: trˈɪpɫɔɪd
noun
- A triploid cell.
- A triploid organism.
adjective
- (genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes.
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Examples of "triploid" in Sentences
- The plant is a triploid variety.
- The result of digyny is a triploid zygote.
- Ribston Pippin is a triploid cultivar of apple.
- I'm guessing the triploid was a goliath when it escaped.
- Triploid Syndrome is an extremely rare chromosomal disorder.
- The antipodal cells are persistent, and the endosperm is triploid.
- An example of an apomictic plant would be the triploid European dandelion.
- The gametes are both haploid and triploid, with three sets of chromosomes.
- As a result, the majority of triploid pregnancies are spontaneously aborted.
- For three decades, Supan has been developing new oysters by mixing up their chromosomes in a process known as triploid production.
- It may be triploid, that is, with 3 sets of chromosomes instead of the normal double set, and this would account for its barrenness.
- A wide variety of fish were killed in the Mackle Park including a fish species park personnel added to the lake called triploid carp, snook, mangrove snapper and others.
- The bad is that the avidly-sought "triploid" rainbow of 1 to 2 pounds which the agency purchases from a private contractor is down substantially this year for two reasons.
- The Tahiti or Persian lime you usually buy is a species that does not have seeds "because it is what we call a triploid," said Fred G. G.itter Jr., professor of citrus genetics and breeding at the
- An extra-large number of pen-raised "triploid" rainbow in the 1 - to 2-pound range were purchased from a private contractor and planted this spring in many area lakes to help make up for fish lost to the Bellingham Hatchery closure.
- In a swift maneuver at its hatcheries, Fish and Game has developed a rainbow trout over the past year that is not sexually viable, called a triploid, that will be stocked this spring and early summer at many lakes where trout plants could have otherwise been stopped.